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Areion Special Situation Fund

Real assets (RE/Infra) · Private credit / Debt · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Real assets (RE/Infra)
Primary sector: Private credit / Debt
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: Mumbai (registry: D-511 Kanakia Zillion, LBS Rd & CST Rd junction, Kurla West, 400070; site also lists Kohinoor Square, Dadar West)
Fund registered: 2018
Website: areion.in
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About

SEBI-registered Category II AIF (effective 22 Mar 2019), managed by Areion Assets Management Pvt Ltd (part of Areion Group), a distressed-asset and special-situations financial institution. In 2024 the fund, AAMPL and official Dinesh Kumar Kanodia settled an alleged AIF-rule violation with SEBI for ~Rs 16.08 lakh.

Investment focus

Special situations / distressed assets — debt and/or equity in financially stressed or distressed companies, last-mile and working-capital funding, and security receipts (SRs) issued by ARCs; sectors include textiles, metals, pharma, auto components, real estate, education

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat I/Cat II”

IN/AIF2/18-19/0656
IN/AIF1/24-25/1567

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Team & organisation

Approx 8 senior leadership/professionals listed (founder Manish Lalwani; asset-management CEO Ajay Mehta)

Category II AIF (distressed/special-situations focus); manager under Areion Group, parent ACAIPL Investment & Financial Services Pvt Ltd; founded 2013; Mumbai (Kohinoor Square, Dadar W)

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What does Areion Special Situation Fund invest in?: Special situations / distressed assets — debt and/or equity in financially stressed or distressed companies, last-mile and working-capital funding, and security receipts (SRs) issued by ARCs; sectors include textiles, metals, pharma, auto components, real estate, education
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About this record

⚑ distressed-debt / special-situations fund (not startup VC); 2024 SEBI settlement

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Sources: https://areion.in